Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law

Name: Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781789905397
Price: 2458.95 HKD
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Author: Michael Mehling; Harro van Asselt
ISBN: 9781789905397

Edited by Michael Mehling · Harro van Asselt

Edward Elgar Publishing December 2025

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ISBN-13: 9781789905397
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: December 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This timely Research Handbook explores the rapidly evolving landscape of climate finance and investment law. Leading experts examine the effectiveness of finance and investment frameworks in achieving climate policy objectives, as well as identifying legal trends and future research topics in the field.

Key topics in this Research Handbook include institutional climate finance under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other international arrangements, the implications of trade and investment treaties, and the mechanics of project finance. By analysing the practical aspects of project implementation and finance, contributors outline developments in international financial institutions, climate risk disclosure, and insurance mechanisms. With a forward-looking approach, the Research Handbook provides critical insights into the future of climate finance and investment from a legal and institutional perspective.

The Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law is an essential resource for scholars and students in the fields of climate law and policy. Bridging legal scholarship with practical insight, it is also of great benefit to policymakers and practitioners working at the intersection of climate change, law, investment, and finance.

Foreword xii; Preface xiv; 1.
Introduction: mapping the field of climate change finance and investment law 1: Harro van Asselt and Michael Mehling; PART I INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCE: INSTITUTIONS AND CHANNELS; 2.
International climate finance: institutions in the climate regime 23: Ralph Bodle; 3.
The Green Climate Fund 45: Stephen Minas; 4.
Multilateral development banks and their role in channelling climate finance 77: VesselinaHaralampieva and AdonaiHerrera-Martínez; 5.
Accountability for international climate finance 129: Andria Naudé Fourie; 6.
International climate finance for adaptation and loss and damage 154: Chrysa Alexandraki; PART II INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT LAW; 7.
The Energy Charter Treaty and climate change 192: Cees Verburg; 8.
Reforming international investment law for climate change goals 212: Martin Dietrich Brauch; 9.
Energy subsidies and international trade law 248: Ilaria Espa, Harro van Asselt, and Dominic Coppens; PART III CLIMATE RISK AND THE LAW; 10.
Climate-related risk and the insurance sector 280: Sean B Hecht and Siyi Shen; 11.
Climate risk disclosure and fiduciary duties 311: Lisa Benjamin; 12.
Divestment of fossil fuel assets 341: Mikko Rajavuori; PART IV LEVERAGING CLIMATE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT: INSTRUMENTS AND SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES; 13.
Climate finance through carbon pricing 365: William Acworth, Michael Mehling and Marissa Santikarn; 14.
Debt for climate: Green bonds and other green financial instruments 386: Paul Rose; 15.
Financing climate-friendly energy projects 417: Jeffrey D Brown; 16.
Financing the transition to sustainable forestry and agriculture 436: Charlotte Streck, Thiago Chagas, and Moritz von Unger; PART V CONCLUSION; 17.
Conclusion: the past, present, and future of climate change finance and investment law 467: Michael Mehling and Harro van Asselt; Index 492